Iron furnaces and iron industry.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Isaac Meason, Iron Producer, Iron Industry Ledgers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3159
Overview
The ledgers highlight the business activities of iron furnaces and stores owned by Isaac Meason, a pioneer iron producer in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (arguably the first west of the Allegheny Mountains). The volumes include records of Union Furnace, Union Iron Works, Mt. Vernon Furnace, Centre Furnace, and a record of teamster work. A small portion of one volume includes a common pleas court docket for Fayette County, PA in the 1830s.
Dates:
1801-1822